[seagull] review – silence proves golden in innovative if puzzling shot at Chekhov by Arifa Akbar

Studio theatre, EdinburghMagnificently expressive performances make this ambitious sign-language production feel viscerally new. But what’s with the square brackets?The silence in this adaptation “after” Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is startling. Performed straight through at two and a half hours, the intakes of breath, tears, screams of anguish and, of course, the gunshots when they come arrest the senses. So…

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